In the end, the battle on the side of Cheng'an Town ended with a complete victory of the Dragon Tooth Guard Battalion and a regiment and a battalion, and was fiercely pursued by the Dragon Tooth Column Butan.

More than 3,000 puppet troops from Dingzhou who came to reinforce Cheng'an Town were completely defeated and scattered, and when the battlefield was cleaned up after the war, the soldiers roughly counted that there were at least 2,500 devils and puppet troops eliminated.

In addition, in the battle along the Shahe Bridge, a total of more than 4,000 puppet troops were eliminated, of which the proportion of devils was as high as 2,000 In addition, more than 1,000 puppet soldiers were captured, including many wounded soldiers.

It can be said that after this battle, the strength of the Japanese puppet army in the Dingzhou area was greatly damaged.

At the same time, the Longya Cavalry Battalion led by Liu Jianhua and Zhao Tiezhu adopted the guerrilla tactics of attacking by different routes, avoiding the important and taking the light, and being flexible and mobile, and also successfully contained the thousands of troops of the puppet army brigade stationed east of Dingzhou and in the area of Anguo.

indirectly and strongly supported Qiao Youhua's battle on their side of Dingzhou.

In the town of Cheng'an, the guard battalion and the battalion of the regiment and the battalion, as well as the fighters of the tank and anti-aircraft artillery detachments, are resting in the town.

Qiao Youhua also convened the people led by him to discuss the deployment of the next battle plan.

They stood around a combat map, Qiao Youhua pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Now that the Dingzhou Japanese puppet army has been beaten by this battle, it can be said that we have been beaten by our vitality, and we will definitely not dare to take the initiative to attack again. ”

Qiao Youhua consciously wanted to cultivate the strategic vision of these subordinates in front of him, who could be regarded as absolute henchmen, in order to improve their comprehensive ability to command troops.

The commander of the first regiment and the first battalion preemptively spoke: "Commander, big brother, since the devils and puppet army in Dingzhou have been greatly injured, let's just go directly to attack Dingzhou City, take this county town in one go, and expand this place into our base area, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Liu Yidao was also moved by his brother's heart, but he was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but looked at Qiao Youhua.

Zheng Yunshan and Li Yansan were the same, they all looked at Qiao Youhua to see what Qiao Youhua thought about it.

Qiao Youhua smiled and said: "Scarface's plan is not impossible, but the purpose of our trip is to gather the guerrillas that have been scattered and developed before, and go back to complete the formal reorganization and expansion of our main force, so as to improve our overall strength."

Now our base area has included six or seven counties and cities, hundreds of miles deep, and our regular army has only three regiments and a few directly subordinate troops.

There is an urgent need for expansion and integration.

Moreover, the Japanese puppet army in Dingzhou passed through the battle of Cheng'an Town, although the losses were not small, but the whole army was not annihilated, and it has been operating in Dingzhou City for a long time, and it still has a certain ability to protect itself.

In addition, if the county seat of Dingzhou is attacked by us, then the Japanese puppet army in Anguo and Quyang will definitely rush to reinforcements at any cost.

Especially the puppet army brigade stationed in the area of Anguo County, when the time comes, the cavalry battalion may not be able to stop them even if they want to stop them.

There is also Baoding in the north, and there are a large number of devils, who may come at any time.

However, if the county seat of Dingzhou had not been attacked, the Japanese puppet army in Dingzhou and its surroundings would not have reacted so strongly, and would have only operated outside the county seat of Dingzhou, because we did not threaten their fundamental interests.

As long as this situation is maintained, it will be enough for us to return our guerrilla units in Anguo, Dingzhou, and even Quyang.

In the future, after the expansion of our dragon tooth column is completed and the strength is further strengthened, it is natural that we will carry out an all-out counterattack.

This is the sharpening of the knife and the woodcutter! ”

Zheng Yunshan, Liu Yidao, Scarface and others couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement after listening to Qiao Youhua's analysis.

Qiao Youhua paused and continued: "So, my idea is that the guard battalion will stay in the territory of Dingzhou County, one regiment and one battalion will go to Quyang County, and the tank and anti-aircraft artillery detachments will go to Quyang and join the cavalry battalion to operate.

The three units moved separately and took our guerrillas back to these three places. I was temporarily in command in Cheng'an Town. ”

Zheng Yunshan, Scarface, Liu Yidao and others stood up and saluted after hearing this: "Yes!" ”

Qiao Youhua instructed Li Yansan again: "Yansan, immediately send a telegram to the 2nd Regiment, the 3rd Regiment and the 1st Regiment in my name, and tell Ma Biao, Wu Ming, and Haidong that it is time to attack on all fronts, fight the Japanese puppet army, and take all the enemy-occupied guerrillas sent around our base area to withdraw to the base area!" ”

"Yes!" Li Yansan also stood up and responded with a bang, leading the order to leave.

At that moment, the tank and antiaircraft artillery detachments and the regiment and battalion immediately moved separately, one to the east and the other to the west, respectively towards Anguo and Quyang counties.

Except for one company of the guard battalion that stayed in Cheng'an Town to protect Qiao Youhua, the rest of the battalion also left Cheng'an Town one after another to connect with their own guerrillas active in Dingzhou County.

In addition, the main forces of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments also received Qiao Youhua's latest orders almost at the same time, and they had already made preparations, and Jiang Haidong, Ma Biao, Wu Ming, and others, who had been waiting for a long time, commanded their battalions and companies and other troops one after another, and immediately acted in accordance with the order.

The guerrillas in the enemy-occupied areas also received orders from the regimental headquarters and took action one after another to carry out large-scale sabotage and raids in the enemy-occupied areas.

For a time, Hengshui, Dezhou, and dozens of large and small counties around them bordering the base area of the Dragon's Tooth Column were all filled with smoke and flames of war.

……

Beiping City, the headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese invasion of China.

General Sugiyama Gen is having lunch, people are iron rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will not be hungry, and this principle is applicable to any nation.

Sugiyama Yuan, an old oriental devil, is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, although he is a little worried about the war in Dingzhou, but he always has to eat, right?

However, as soon as he was halfway through eating, the chief of staff, Kawabe Shosan, looked in a hurry, and rushed over.

Seeing that Kawabe Shozo's expression was not normal, General Sugiyama Mototo did not politely greet him to sit down and eat together, but asked, "Hebian-kun, is there news about the war in Dingzhou?" ”

Hebe Zhengzo came to his dining table, gathered his feet and stood upright: "That's right, general, the Shahe defense line in Cheng'an Town, Dingzhou was broken through head-on by the Longya Column of the China Army, and the troops who went to reinforce were also attacked by the fierce assault of the China Army's Butan Coordination, and were defeated.

Now the imperial army and the imperial army in Dingzhou have suffered extremely heavy casualties, and they are no longer able to go out of the city to block the advance of the Zhina army, but fortunately, after the Zhina army captured Cheng'an Town, it did not take the opportunity to launch an attack on the county seat of Dingzhou, and the situation in Dingzhou has not completely deteriorated. ”

Sugiyama Yuan almost squirted out a mouthful of rice, and scolded angrily: "Rice buckets, these rice buckets, four or five thousand troops, can't hold a Shahe defense line that has been painstakingly operated by countless manpower and material resources.

Immediately let the 9th Brigade of the Imperial Association Army of Anguo immediately dispatch to support the Dingzhou garrison and find a way to recapture the bridgehead of Cheng'an Town! ”

The reason why Sugiyama Yuan was in a hurry to recapture Cheng'an Town was because this inconspicuous town was of great significance to Dingzhou, and if it was lost, the county seat of Dingzhou would no longer have a barrier and would be directly exposed to the front of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

Dingzhou is one of the most important gateways to the south of Baoding, if it is lost, then Baoding will also directly face the dragon's tooth column.

Baoding is a strategic point north of the Yellow River second only to Pingjin and a major transportation route, unless forced to do so, otherwise, as the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, Sugiyama Yuan naturally has to do everything he can to ensure its safety.

Put an end to the existence of factors that may threaten the safety of Baoding.

Hebe Zhengsan shook his head with a bitter face and said: "General, there is also a branch of cavalry in Anguo, which should be the cavalry unit of the Dragon's Tooth Column that has repeatedly caused trouble to the imperial army in Dezhou and Hengshui before, and has severely damaged many imperial troops, and the 9th Imperial Association Brigade has been harassed by them.

For the time being, I can't spare enough troops to support the Dingzhou garrison in a bold fight! ”

"Bastard, it's Dragontooth Cavalry again! Damn it! Sugiyama was furious when he heard this, but he felt helpless.

"General, please calm your anger, although we have not yet figured out the true intention of the Longya Column to suddenly attack from the area of Dingzhou, but from the current point of view, after they captured Cheng'an Town, they have no intention of continuing to attack Dingzhou in the north for the time being, and we don't have to be pessimistic! Maybe the people of China just want to take such an important place as Cheng'an Town.

Take the Shahe natural risk completely for yourself! ”

"Sand River?" Sugiyama Moto's brows couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and then he said coldly: "Send a telegram to Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, and order the attacking air force to select the main air attack target as the Shahe Bridge, completely destroy it, and cut off the main communication line of the Shahe River first." ”

"General, the Shahe Bridge was rebuilt by the imperial army with great effort, and now it is going to be blown up again?" Kawabe Shozo was a little reluctant.

"Yes, blow it up, even Cheng'an Town has fallen into the hands of the Chinese army, what's the use of keeping the Shahe Bridge? Hebian-kun, you are confused, keeping it will only facilitate the advance and retreat of the Chinese army and the transportation of logistics materials.

Now, our best bet is to blow it up! "Sugiyama Motomichi.

Hebian Zhengsan nodded silently, and then said: "What the general said is extremely true, we will blow up the Shahe Bridge first, cut off the retreat of the Zhina people, and the worst can also intercept their tank troops in the area on the north bank of the Shahe River."

After the base camp approves our request to invite the Kwantung Army to enter the pass and cooperate in the operation, we can gather and annihilate it on the north bank of the Shahe River! ”

Sugiyama Moto nodded and said with a wistful expression: "I hope so, I hope the base camp can agree to our request!" ”

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High in the air near Cheng'an Town, the group of devil planes that took off from Baoding finally arrived, and they had obtained the latest order from Commander Tokugawa Yoshitoshi through the Guò radio, and learned that their ground forces had been defeated, and Cheng'an Town had fallen into the hands of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

As a result, the temporary troops divided into two routes, the bombers went straight to the Shahe Bridge south of Cheng'an Town, and the fighters and a reconnaissance plane jointly swooped down on Cheng'an Town below!

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